[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hulk \hulk\, v. t. cf. mlg. holken to hollow out, sw.
   halka.
   to take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a
   hare. r. --beau.  fl. hulking

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hulk \hulk\, n. oe. hulke a heavy ship, as. hulc a light, swift
   ship; akin to d. hulk a ship of burden, g. holk, ohg. holcho;
   perh. fr. ll. holcas, gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
   fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. cf. wolf, holcad.
   1. the body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
      body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "some
      well-timbered hulk." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. a heavy ship of clumsy build. --skeat.
      1913 webster

   3. anything bulky or unwieldly. --shak.
      1913 webster

   shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
      take out the masts of a ship.

   the hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
      prisons. eng. --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
wolf holcad shear hulk the hulks 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hulk
     n 1: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities syn: giant,
           heavyweight, whale
     2: a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
     v : appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "the huge
         sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "large shadows
         loomed on the canyon wall" syn: loom, tower, predominate
see also:
giant heavyweight whale loom tower predominate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "hulk":
   anatomy, argosy, bark, boat, body, bones, bottom, bucket, carcass,
   clay, clod, corpus, craft, derelict, figure, flesh, form, frame,
   galoot, hooker, hull, jumbo, keel, klutz, leviathan, lout,
   material body, mere wreck, nervous wreck, oaf, ox, packet, person,
   physical body, physique, rattletrap, ruin, ruins, shell, ship,
   shipwreck, skeleton, soma, thumper, torso, trunk, tub, vessel,
   watercraft, whale, whopper, wreck

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